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You could very easily say "you can do community service or serve jail time" and not have slavery in the picture at all.
by krageon 6y ago
You could very easily say "you can do community service or serve jail time" and not have slavery in the picture at all.
- mantap 6y agoAnd what if they say "you can do community service or get 20 years in jail"? If you allow that kind of choice there's no difference to the status quo, it's just window dressing. Constitutions are not the right place to put laws that need to updated.
- viraptor 6y agoThat's part of the court setting the sentence though. There are already maximum times for imprisonment set in law, so I don't think your scenario is realistic.
- mantap 6y agoIf it's interpreted as permissible to threaten someone with prison if they don't do community service, then a constitutional prohibition of convicts being forced to work is nugatory. And if it's interpreted as impermissible then you just banned community service.